| Daughter of Venice Contributor(s): Napoli, Donna Jo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440229286 ISBN-13: 9780440229285 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the palazzo. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed only on the map. What is the world beyond her balcony, beyond what she sees when she glides, veiled, in a gondola down the canal? She dresses as a boy and escapes the palazzo on the Grand Canal to see the world before she is shut away, and to try to find a way to escape her fate. Donata risks everything; she changes her life, and her family's life, forever when she walks through the door and encounters a Venice she never knew existed. "From the Hardcover edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Europe - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Renaissance - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 720 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 4.3" W x 7.1" (0.31 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - Italy - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 58678 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the palazzo. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed only on the map. What is the world beyond her balcony, beyond what she sees when she glides, veiled, in a gondola down the canal? She dresses as a boy and escapes the palazzo on the Grand Canal to see the world before she is shut away, and to try to find a way to escape her fate. Donata risks everything; she changes her life, and her family's life, forever when she walks through the door and encounters a Venice she never knew existed. |